Young radio operators will be planning, leading and operating the VK9XY DXpedition in November and December of this year through a partnership between the Pacific Islands DXpedition Group and Youth on the Air. Although young operators have been part of previous activations, including 3D2Y remote from Rotuma and PJ6Y on the island of Saba, the Pacific Islands group is calling this next operation "a milestone."
The lead operator will be Max Freedman, N4ML. Max and his team will have veteran DXpeditioners Gregg Marco, W6IZT and Glenn Johnson, WØGJ, as on-island advisors. Making the announcement on July 20th, the team said the young operators will include Connor Black, W4IPC; Tyler Schroder, NT1S; Lukas Bartkus, LY7J; and Urgent Jere, 7Q6UJ -- and that many of them were part of the two previous DXpeditions.
They will be on the air for about 18 days, starting around the 16th of November.
